Ken Watanabe (born October 21, 1959) is a Japanese stage, film, and television actor. To English-speaking audiences he is known for playing tragic hero characters, such as General Tadamichi Kuribayashi in Letters from Iwo Jima and Lord Katsumoto Moritsugu in The Last Samurai, for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Among other awards, he has won the Japan Academy Prize for Best Actor twice, in 2007 for Memories of Tomorrow and in 2010 for Shizumanu Taiyō. He is also known for his roles in director Christopher Nolan's Hollywood blockbusters Batman Begins and Inception.
Ken Watanabe (born October 21, 1959) is a Japanese stage, film, and television actor. To English-speaking audiences he is known for playing tragic hero characters, such as General Tadamichi Kuribayashi in Letters from Iwo Jima and Lord Katsumoto Moritsugu in The Last Samurai, for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Among other awards, he has won the Japan Academy Prize for Best Actor twice, in 2007 for Memories of Tomorrow and in 2010 for Shizumanu Taiyō. He is also known for his roles in director Christopher Nolan's Hollywood blockbusters Batman Begins and Inception.
External links
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Wikipedia: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q211553
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Filmography (Movies)
Revenge in Kobikicho
Character:Kinji Shinoda
Release Date:27/02/2026
The Final Piece
Character:Shigeyoshi Toumyo
Release Date:31/10/2025
The Cartier Panther
Character:
Release Date:18/09/2025
Kokuho
Character:Hanjiro Hanai
Release Date:06/06/2025
All Lives
Character:
Release Date:06/05/2024
Kensuke's Kingdom
Character:Kensuke (voice)
Release Date:07/02/2024
True Love: Making The Creator
Character:Self
Release Date:14/11/2023
The Creator
Character:Harun
Release Date:27/09/2023
劇場の灯を消すな！PARCO劇場編
Character:
Release Date:31/10/2020
Fukushima 50
Character:Masao Yoshida
Release Date:06/03/2020
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
Character:Dr. Ishiro Serizawa
Release Date:29/05/2019
Pokémon Detective Pikachu
Character:Lieutenant Hide Yoshida
Release Date:03/05/2019
An Artist of the Floating World
Character:Ono Masuji
Release Date:30/03/2019
The King and I
Character:The King of Siam
Release Date:29/11/2018
Bel Canto
Character:Katsumi Hosokawa
Release Date:13/09/2018
Isle of Dogs
Character:Head Surgeon (voice)
Release Date:23/03/2018
7 Guardians of the Tomb
Character:Father
Release Date:19/01/2018
Transformers: The Last Knight
Character:Drift (voice)
Release Date:16/06/2017
Dirty, Clean, & Inbetween
Character:Restaurant Patron
Release Date:28/01/2017
The Memories of Happiness
Character:Taro Miura
Release Date:08/01/2017
Rage
Character:Yohei Maki
Release Date:17/09/2016
The Sea of Trees
Character:Takumi Nakamura
Release Date:27/04/2016
Evolution Within Extinction
Character:Self
Release Date:30/09/2014
Snow Jack
Character:Reiji Kurata
Release Date:02/08/2014
Transformers: Age of Extinction
Character:Drift (voice)
Release Date:25/06/2014
Godzilla
Character:Dr. Ishiro Serizawa
Release Date:14/05/2014
Unforgiven
Character:Jubee Kamata
Release Date:13/09/2013
Hayabusa: The Long Voyage Home
Character:Junichiro Kawaguchi
Release Date:11/02/2012
Ai inochi - Shinjuku Kabukicho Kakekomi Dera -
Character:
Release Date:01/01/2011
A School Behind Bars
Character:
Release Date:11/10/2010
Inception
Character:Saito
Release Date:15/07/2010
Shanghai
Character:Tanaka
Release Date:10/06/2010
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
Character:Mr. Tall
Release Date:23/10/2009
The Unbroken
Character:Hajime Onchi
Release Date:23/10/2009
Earth
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:10/10/2007
星ひとつの夜
Character:Nonoyama Hiroji
Release Date:25/05/2007
Red Sun, Black Sand: The Making of 'Letters from Iwo Jima'
Character:Self
Release Date:22/05/2007
Letters from Iwo Jima
Character:General Tadamichi Kuribayashi
Release Date:09/12/2006
Memories of Tomorrow
Character:Masayuki Saeki
Release Date:13/05/2006
Memoirs of a Geisha
Character:Chairman
Release Date:06/12/2005
Batman Begins
Character:Ra's al Ghul
Release Date:10/06/2005
Year One in the North
Character:Komatsubara Hideaki
Release Date:14/01/2005
The Last Samurai
Character:Moritsugu Katsumoto
Release Date:05/12/2003
第三の時効
Character:
Release Date:24/02/2003
Another Battle/Conspiracy
Character:Fujimaki Hiroaki
Release Date:15/02/2003
T.R.Y.
Character:Masanobu Azuma
Release Date:11/01/2003
Dawn of a New Day: The Man Behind VHS
Character:Okubo
Release Date:16/06/2002
Drowning Fish
Character:Miyota
Release Date:03/02/2001
The Whispered City
Character:Ishida
Release Date:07/07/2000
Space Travelers
Character:Sakamaki ("Crusher")
Release Date:08/04/2000
Bonds
Character:Detective Sako Akio
Release Date:06/06/1998
Welcome Back, Mr. McDonald
Character:Raita Onuki
Release Date:08/11/1997
Baian the Assassin: Showdown
Character:Dr. Baian
Release Date:06/10/1993
Hanzo, the Razor
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1993
Chronicle of the Town Magistrate
Character:Mochizuki Koheita
Release Date:23/12/1992
Oda Nobunaga
Character:
Release Date:05/01/1992
Ganryujima: Kojiro and Musashi
Character:Kojirō
Release Date:01/01/1992
A Naive History of the Bakumatsu Era
Character:Ryoma Sakamoto
Release Date:06/07/1991
Baian the Assassin
Character:Dr. Baian
Release Date:26/12/1990
Commando Invasion
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1987
The Sea and Poison
Character:Toda
Release Date:17/10/1986
The Making of "Tampopo"
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1986
Tampopo
Character:Gun
Release Date:23/11/1985
Kekkon Annai Mystery
Character:
Release Date:15/06/1985
MacArthur's Children
Character:Tetsuo Nakai
Release Date:23/06/1984
Television Appearances
京都人の密かな愉しみ Rouge-継承-
Character:東雲朔太郎
Unbound
Character:Tamema Okitsugu
TRUE COLORS
Character:Taichirou Tsujimura
Tokyo Vice
Character:Hiroto Katagiri
Alice in Borderland
Character:Old Gentleman
Toubousha
Character:
Segodon
Character:Shimazu Nariakira
NHK WORLD PRIME
Character:Self - Presenter
五年目のひとり
Character:키자키 슈지
Back of Father
Character:Takamura Kouji
Gyoretsuno dekiru sodanjo
Character:Regular
刑事一代 平塚八兵衛の昭和事件史
Character:
Vessel of Sand
Character:Shuichiro Imanishi
川、いつか海へ 6つの愛の物語
Character:
藤田宜永サスペンス「異端の夏」
Character:
Mibu Gishiden: Shinsengumi de Ichiban Tsuyokatta Otoko
Character:
横山秀夫サスペンス シリーズ (TBS)
Character:
強行犯捜査第七係
Character:
Hojo Tokimune
Character:Hojo Tokiyori
Ikebukuro West Gate Park
Character:Yokoyama
Shimei Tehai
Character:
Gokenin Zankuro
Character:Zankuro Matsudaira
The Fire Still Burns
Character:Fujiwara Tsunekiyo
Kagi-shi
Character:
Waga Machi
Character:
Izakaya Chōji
Character:
Baian the Assassin
Character:Fujieda Baian
Musuko no Gokikan
Character:
Yonimo Kimyou na Monogatari Tokubetsuhen
Character:
Oda Nobunaga
Character:
Masamune Shogun
Character:伊達政宗
Hanekonma
Character:Genzo Onodera
A Tale of Two Truncheons
Character:
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